Birthday Wishes

"Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to me.
Happy Birthday to me~
Happy Birthday to me."


Yes, today is my birthday. Some know and remember, some wanna know but i dun tell them, and some knows but forgot.
Well, Thx for well wishings. =)
So, wat do i want for my birthday?
Hmm, it's not that hard actually.
a simple Christian T-shirt will do.

or if u wanna be real generous, u can buy me a Robosapien,

RoboQuad

or the Spidersapien

, which is on 42% off at toyrus.
With or without present, life still goes on, earth still spins, i'm still alive.
Presents aren't that important to me. Wat matter most is that you, my friends, remembers my birthday.
A simple birthday song over the song will make my day. Really.
No need for big dinners, presents, hang outs. Just a simple phone call is wat i need.
=)


So, if u haven made that call, or msg...
YOU BETTER PICK UP THAT PHONE OF YOURS AND CALL ME NOW!

=P

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Walking alone in the rain back home.

As i waited for the bus to come, i wondered wat would it be like to walk u home in the rain. brought along a spare umbrella just in case u din bring.
in my mind, images of us walking together in the rain, side by side, gives me much comfort.

Little do we have the chance to walk back home in the rain, chatting away abt anything under the sun.

The bus finally came, it was pretty late alrdy, i start to worry if i'll miss u, hav u made ur way home alrdy. but i let God, our Heavenly Dad, decide if we should meet today.
i alighted, i look across the street, wondering if u have left for home.
it was still raining, i walked to the school hoping i'll meet u.

In the sch, there's so many ppl. clueless of where to start, i left to God our Father to decide how we should meet.
Finally, we met.
I hand to u wat belongs to u. i wanted to walk u home, but sadly, u have other things u wanna do.
i said ok.
as i leave the sch gate, i felt so alone.

Why? i asked myself. I kept telling myself that u have a life of ur own, that u need ur own space. I must have expecting too much. but still it was a moment alone in the rain all by myself, nobody but myself.
Dun worry, i'm fine, u did nothing wrong. it was my fault to be expecting so much from u. haha, silly old me.
just need a bit of time to ajust my feeling and think properly.
Will hav plenty of chances to walk together in the rain.

I'm alright, my little brother, i'm alright. =)

A relationship built on God the Father and Jesus our Brother as our foundation, we will support and encourage each other.

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Finally got the ball rolling...

Went to parade today, gave an intro and expectation of the LDC.
Got the boys to do target test. Assignned the Council jobs and wat they need to fulfil as members of the Council and their individual tasks.
Finally the Council is starting to work out and starts to form an independance on their own. My aim is to get the Council to function as a team, a family that can function without the help and interference of the Officers.
A Council that can teach and hand over to the next generation without the officers taking over again.

The ball is rolling, let's keep it rolling together.

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Approved and Not approved.

Received a letter from the Government.
Its from the Immigration Authorities.
Must be regarding my application for Singapore citizenship.
As i opened the letter, the TV played this years National Day Theme song.
I read at fast as possible, anxious of the outcome of my application.
My application for Singapore citizen have been approved.
Feelings? I don't know. It's mixed i guess. i guess only jisam knows how i feel.
Anyways, i saw this particular document that i need to bring..
Cert. of Baptism.
Being an Impatient Dweeb, i went to "test water".
I told my mum, i wanna be baptize and i wanna invite her to my baptism ceremony.
She said no.
Haiz. I'll have to wait. God wans us to be patient as he train us to persever, to be a better testimony for Him.
Wait lor.
=P

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Cried.

Watched Extreme makeover home edition today a second part to the previous episode.
The story goes on as the family was given an extra day of vacation and the team have another 24hrs to complete the house.
i actually cried, twice some more..
once with tears of sadness when they played the recorded call from the police when the guy was shot and another with tears of joy as the family came back to their brand new home, shocked and touched.
the team even got the young couple a wedding ring and a WEDDING. It that cool or wat!
God Bless this family. =)

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No one said its gonna be easy.

I want to be like Christ, therefore i wanna be baptized.
I prayed and God the Spirit tells me to wait.
I will obey.
God wants me to reconcile with my family 1st.
I will obey.
God tells me to be patient.
I will obey.
I will do watever He tells me.

As Uncle Koon Soo was teaching us on "Knowing Your Salvation", he mentioned abt Spiritually Dead and Spiritually Alive.
At this point of time, it came to me, a punchline - Spiritual CPR.
We Christians are spiritually alive, and it's our duty to perform spiritual CPR on those spiritually dead.
So, what does spiritual CPR means?
C = Christ
P = Professing
R = Resuscitation

Hmm, kinda cute. HAHA.
and it's a neat saying, dun u agree?

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Reaching Out. My Heart Bleeds.

Shocks after shocks.
Impacts after impacts.
Nobody says its easy. in fact God tells us that there will be long-sufferings as His children. Mayb I'm making a mountain out of a mole hill, but my sight have became clearer, my heart will become stronger. For after perseverance comes strength. Overcome and there will be reward. Though my heart bleeds now, I do not wan to give up. Though people turn their back on me, I will persevere and continue to pursue.
I want to be diligent in your work, and I'll, so that I can see them in Heaven, showered by your Love, Warmth and Grace.
Keeping my beloved friends in my prayers, I'll be diligent.

A quote for Kenneth, as promised. Sorry that it izzin just on homosexuality, but as a whole.

But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them.

They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over weak-willed women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, always learning but never able to acknowledge the truth. Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth—men of depraved minds, who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected. But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those men, their folly will be clear to everyone.

2Timothy 3:1-9

A day at the Home.

So, I'm at Ken's place now. using his highly infected com too blog..
Let's just hope nothing happens to my acct.
Yes, finally the visit to the children home is over.
Overall an enjoyable trip, the boys' performance was not bad, at least our props are more nicely done.
And so the story goes, we sang. We performed. We played with the kids there.
Apparently, kids will always be kids. violence is always the boys favorite theme.
Our "weapons" and Cardboard van was turned into shreds of useless papers by the end of the day.
Today's trip left me with much tots and sadness.
The kids there, unlike other normal kids, are very protective and keeps to themselve, not very responsive yet hyperactive.
Well after the performance and stuff, during games, the kids there start to open up to us. well, that's where i discovered that the kids enjoys even the simplest pleasure. bringing joy to the kids there is very enjoyable, though there's a need to scarifice a bit, like standing under a tree , risking being hit by the ball.
It's even more heart warming yet saddening when one of the kids as me, " Will you be coming back to visit us again?"
My heart sank. Speechless, i could only just smile at him...

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Idol or just a cartoon?

Working in Toyrus can be quite enlightning as there are lots of incident u can see as a bystander which can really get u thinking..
today, as i was arranging the Girls section, i was reminded of parents trying to draw their children's attention to this toy of this much popular cartoon character, Dora.
So, wat's so speacial abt this Mexican girl who carries a purple talking backpack, tagged along by a talking monkey , doing nothing all day but exploring a world that's weird and awfully too colourful for adults.
With this much abnormal issues presented in the show, the parents still sort of encourages the kid to "idolise" the very much unsound character, cause she literally talks to a monkey, a bagpack, a weasel and many other animals and items. So girls, or rather children are being introduce and encouraged to learn from these characters, yet years ago, ppl make a big "Hoo Haa" abt harry potter might let kids think that they are wizards and stuff like that. izzin it funny? ppl rather their kids to talk to monkeys den to behave like a kid in a wizard sch.
If harry potter was really that bad, i think the parents gotta worry abt kids acting like superman, attempting to create and consume "Chemical X" to acquire superpowers, or start grabbing the laudray pole and shouting "cow-a-bun-ga". even watching normal serial drama might put ur kids at risk of wanting to marry the gal sitting in his class [a kid at age of 5-9], or attempting suicide cause the parents refuse to buy the latest power ranger toys.
But hey, look on the bright side. who knows, ur child might become very smart criminal, outsmarting the police and getting away with every crime he does.
He might not died from the deadly spider's venom and become spiderman, or at least hav more eyes then normal ppl.
So..
There izzin much we can do izzit..
=P
so much for the tots at work...

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Pay And Pay. Show Me the Monay!

Finally settled the problems that's bothering me for some time.
Deferred the CPF repayment thingy, mayb can ask my dad to waive the loan from his CPF acct, but mayb not, i'll see how 1st.
Den went to confirm my application of Singapore Citizenship. According to my calculation, I should receive the letter of the outcome of my application by Aug, My month.
I should receive my Chinese O-lvls results in Aug too, my month.
finally gonna receive my full salary in Aug too, my month.
Singapore National Day on the coming 9th, my month.
Boys gonna preform at NDP, my month.
Jisam's gonna leave for the States in Aug, my month...
So much that's gonna happen in Aug, so much anticipations...
I'm still waiting for answer whether if i should go for baptism now...
I ought to pray more abt it.
Will i pass my chinese O-lvls in Aug?
Will i celebrate NDP this year as a Singaporean this Aug?
Will i be baptised this Aug?

Can't wait for Aug to come, my month.

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